Tip to avoid accidentally posting to a list ;)

["Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 

    As someone who has fallen into this trap myself here is a quick and easy mechanism to avoid posting to a list accidentally, aimed at Outlook users but should work with appropriate changes for most email clients

 

    In Yahoo Groups set it up so that you have a unique email address that you use for posting - not the one that you use normally. Then in Outlook create a new account for your smtp server that uses this address. Not the default account. Make sure your incoming mail (POP etc) comes into your default account - even from the group.

 

    Now when you send or reply to the list you need to click the down arrow at the side of the send button and select your new 'lists' email account and the email gets posted to the list. If you just click send or reply to a message then the message will get sent to Yahoo but the senders email address is not registered and it gets bounced back to you. I know it's one extra step but actually its only a click and drag instead of a click. This extra step reinforces your intention re posting to a list.

 

    If you post from several places or use several different addresses set up on Yahoo this will need a little thought. e.g. from work you may only be able to use one address.

 

    K

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